Post by banner12 on Jul 6, 2009 12:47:34 GMT -5
Now I'm not talking about making a course hard, like growing the rough, narrowing the fairways, placing the pins in impossible positions, etc. Just taking the course under normal conditions.
So here are courses that play easier than their reputation.
I'll confine myself to courses in California and 1 in Nevada:
Spyglass Hill(Monterey):
1st hole you can hit it anywhere and if you lay up all you have is a wedge to the green.
2nd hole an iron and a wedge.
3rd hole is a wedge.
4th hole 3 wood and a short iron.
5th hole short iron.
6th hole hit it anywhere, then a wedge to a large green.
And on and on and on. As long as you don't spray your drives into the trees a walk in the park.
Lost Canyons Shadow Course(Simi Valley)
Another course that is not too hard. Believe me since I was a member here for years. I mean, you don't even hit a driver until #6 and the landing areas are generous as can be. Greens are not ridiculous and except for a few blind tee shots not a hard test.
Industry Hills Ike(City of Industry)
Now maybe when it opened and had rough 3 feet tall you might have had trouble here, but now it's a regular round without a whole lot to worry about except for maybe #4 but even there a straight drive makes it a simple hole.
Wood Ranch(Simi Valley)
Another course that gets its reputation from conditions. When the wind blows and they cut the greens down (as they tend to do) it can be brutal.
However...
The many times I've played it the conditions are usually benign and the golf there is not too difficult.
Wolf Creek(Nevada)
Again, the reputation far exceeds its actual difficulty. Unless you have a fear of heights you won't have a problem here(some of the tee boxes are on the top of mountain peaks). Plenty of space to drive the ball and simple greens. Easy to recover from errant shots.
Torrey Pines South(La Jolla).
It's long. They held a U. S. Open there. So it's hard?
No.
It's a Billy Bell course.
Up and down. Up and down. Down and up. Down and up.
Up and down.
'nuff said.
La Purisima(Lompoc)
Again, when the wind blows, it can be tough, but I played on a 30+ MPH day and did just fine. The course allows one to recover from errant shots(most of the time) and there is room to drive the ball as well. The greens can be tricky/fast, but not overly so therefore if you play on a clam day it should be no problem.
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Next time I'll do golf courses that are underrated, i.e. play harder than their reputation/rating/slope.
So here are courses that play easier than their reputation.
I'll confine myself to courses in California and 1 in Nevada:
Spyglass Hill(Monterey):
1st hole you can hit it anywhere and if you lay up all you have is a wedge to the green.
2nd hole an iron and a wedge.
3rd hole is a wedge.
4th hole 3 wood and a short iron.
5th hole short iron.
6th hole hit it anywhere, then a wedge to a large green.
And on and on and on. As long as you don't spray your drives into the trees a walk in the park.
Lost Canyons Shadow Course(Simi Valley)
Another course that is not too hard. Believe me since I was a member here for years. I mean, you don't even hit a driver until #6 and the landing areas are generous as can be. Greens are not ridiculous and except for a few blind tee shots not a hard test.
Industry Hills Ike(City of Industry)
Now maybe when it opened and had rough 3 feet tall you might have had trouble here, but now it's a regular round without a whole lot to worry about except for maybe #4 but even there a straight drive makes it a simple hole.
Wood Ranch(Simi Valley)
Another course that gets its reputation from conditions. When the wind blows and they cut the greens down (as they tend to do) it can be brutal.
However...
The many times I've played it the conditions are usually benign and the golf there is not too difficult.
Wolf Creek(Nevada)
Again, the reputation far exceeds its actual difficulty. Unless you have a fear of heights you won't have a problem here(some of the tee boxes are on the top of mountain peaks). Plenty of space to drive the ball and simple greens. Easy to recover from errant shots.
Torrey Pines South(La Jolla).
It's long. They held a U. S. Open there. So it's hard?
No.
It's a Billy Bell course.
Up and down. Up and down. Down and up. Down and up.
Up and down.
'nuff said.
La Purisima(Lompoc)
Again, when the wind blows, it can be tough, but I played on a 30+ MPH day and did just fine. The course allows one to recover from errant shots(most of the time) and there is room to drive the ball as well. The greens can be tricky/fast, but not overly so therefore if you play on a clam day it should be no problem.
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Next time I'll do golf courses that are underrated, i.e. play harder than their reputation/rating/slope.
